According to CBS, as many as 4912000 people worked 40 hours a week in the first quarter of 2022. Full-time, in other words. Then, of course, it is incredibly important that you do work that you enjoy. But no matter how happy you get from your work, you work to live and not the other way around. So having freedom of choice in terms of where, how and when you work is incredibly important for reconciling work and leisure. The following tips will help you balance work and leisure in the best possible way.
1. Plan your free time first and adjust your work accordingly
How you combine work and leisure will determine how successful you are. With a good balance, you avoid rambling on and on, ‘recharge’ in time and then make conscious choices. So make sure you plan with your free time as a starting point. Establish your commitment and accustom yourself to some regularity (within all flexibility). This helps to set you up well for work and that really makes you more productive. Resulting in more free time, peace of mind, satisfaction and energy.
With flexible working, you have the freedom to find a workplace that suits you.
2. Choose a workspace that suits your schedule
Of course, it is nice to have a venue with all the facilities you need. But it is equally important to choose a venue that inspires you and energises you.
And perhaps that is in the connection with the people who are there at the time. In addition, practical things like wifi, a location on the route to an important meeting that follows later or a workplace around the corner from the primary school, for example, are considerations. If you have maximum freedom of choice in this, you can match work and leisure well.
3. Mail and telephony
Being able to go wherever you want comes with perhaps one condition if you really want to do so 100 per cent hassle-free. A professional address with which a number of things are well taken care of, such as your mail being delivered to a safe place, where you also have the option of storing it, having it forwarded or scanned in. So you never miss important information and always have access to your documents, wherever you are. The same goes for your telephone accessibility. For instance, it’s obviously great if you don’t want to be reachable for a while, but do want (potential) customers to always have a point of contact. A location that takes your mail as well as your phone is then a real godsend. With a virtual office, you can provide all the above.
4. Apply focus
And if you now take an honest look at your work, can you agree that you keep the focus at a small set of tasks? Or are you actually trying to do and do too much in too little time? Switching off and applying focus 9 times out of 10 results in better concentration, more energy and hence better quality leisure time. Now see how to deny the power of simplicity!
Making the most of your free time and being successful at work? This can be done with freedom of choice regarding where, how and when you work. This is how you balance work and leisure in the best possible way.
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